Since my stash of indigo, green, red and yellow is limited, I pulled charms from several different collections of charm packs to increase the variety in each stripe.

And rather than trim the 5" squares to 3 1/2", I decided to use the full charm size and eliminate the stripe set from the "top" of the spread.

After those initial design decisions were made, the rest went together really easily!

I went with Kona bleached muslin for the rest of the top and the whole backing.

What a slippery crisp yummy choice!

And it is very large!
85" x 91"

lesson learned...do not "underspend" on safety pins! They are not created equal!!!

The quilting of this behemoth coincided with the Spring Bloggers Quilt Festival, so I may have rushed it a bit in the beginning, trying to make it in...finally I relented, slowed down and enjoyed "the finish" at my own pace...good decision!

See? I work out! :)

note the "stripes" in the white section, to the right

So the quilting is not the greatest...yet the imperfections have their own "spontaneous regularity"!

But, y'know, I am well acquainted with my quilting limitations, knew 'em going into this project...
I did my best and got better as I went...which is the point after all, isn't it :)

and I am super pleased with the piecing...it came out exactly as happy as I had envisioned!

The binding is the same bleached muslin, except for the stripes.
Machine sewn to the front, hand stitched to the back.

3 comments:

Oh, Sarah, what a fun post about your super quilt! It's so modern yet so "Hudson-y". I really like the quilting texture (Did you wash it already?) and the way you matched up the stripes for the binding to keep the design going...good choice.